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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-24
JIc0E SHAEp arms COUNTY, SEAT

HE ARRIVES AT ROME, WHERE HE WILL SPEND fHk
HOLIDAYS.
ROME, y. Y, Dec. 23-JacOb sharp and ms WIG, WHO
Ell Nr at II O'Clock lat oyos"., arrived h-Io al
7:}V o'clock ths morning. Sir sharp came od Of the
.i-epng al unai od but ncipsd oil the steps To his
sl,!.a by lis gIsndSon Mr. Rogers, and Mr. pnsy the
l baud o. BIZ grand Laughter. lie greeted ' relative,
wo meet hn AT he station and sNprsssei hi pleasure
81 ,,.iug theni Ihe family sle ia alyen tareush
the sid streets Of the city aaI tEss 10 the country
EEL the Suburbs, where Ir SAaiP VIII spShl lio
LOidays and probably some tIs IsnGeE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-24
MAKING SCHOOL CHILDREN HAPPY.

The entertainment and reception on the occasion OF
tic reopenIng OF the sew enth Ward Grammar -chool
No. q yesterday afternoon. was an occasion for general
rejoicing by the crowds Of children AMI their parents
aud visitors VINO filed the arye hall of the female 10
plr,ment. The school. wherein l.s00 children airs
eIGcated has just been rebuilt al cost OF SijOO}0
Ine children present Yesterday, however represented
only selections from the different classes and numbered
I'm all POO The school room was handsomely decorated
and william II. Townley, chairman OF the Boari ~
Trustees. presided. Among those present were Com
missioner Wood. Hosea H. Perkins. X VI WALTERS, Cap
tain j. +. Ryan, Commissioner DcvOe * SUpriintrnt
Henry D. hilIl Assistant ip rneuie rs 10 Il l.
Jennings, william JDn- AMI Anthony Griihn; Grprse
v. DcDevOsc. Frederick Hol,cin. FreleucA German
John Byrne,. James NcBarrou. James Hulry Joan IL
Boscher Thomas carry AMI j mes Netlis.
Grammar sch ol 40 J. at Hlispn ami Grove s's' h's
hal jubilee YESTERDAY. T. -. /. ~ouaerltnL the pm
cir Al 81 the school directed the exercises AMI ditrO
uiel tue TN horns that were given 10 the boys.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-24
A BLIZZARD II THE NORTHwEs

M.xxE,PoLls Dec. 23.-The cold snap OF yesterday
changed sud lcny asi evening 10 "A binding bhIHIi'
about three inches OF falling which drit"d bily
This morning. ight fell but WAS Of short dura-
ton The wind SIN strong 40 ssrsis nlockSdc7 aiH
a. vet reportcl theu.n the trains less de-
Ia al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-24

manager NJ the Southern Exresitisn which Pes,ent
Arthur formally oysned IN 1888 As superintendent.
lie Louisville Beard OF Trade ana served
for ssne time its manager He nas been Tor nun
her of Years contributor to the spapers. ana or
nearly three years editorial writer sn inc
o,,,JSr yo,,ry al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-24
sErEyrY ylEcEs AyD yEPREwS RrNENRERE

' J ' '
By the Will of tsmuel J. Hunt, which Ia, boon
fled FOR probate, estate Of about $500 900 j i'i'
I'm trust 20 Dr II rank = Bradford, of MoT>'oHn,
y j.. Charles 7 Buckley. OF Tcnaiy AMI Na'harJ
Niles. president of the Tralc>IneE' National h'iA'
who are appointed executors. They a-c directed 10
pas annutio, FOR life 10 ia, follow ~: Ia" tc>'a'o
only daughter Josephine VII, If N.,cOunt JNHs.d
A. IL Islncrc now living a. Pau FRANCE: ih' VS.
count de- iganeIe. $1,000. The icSfa'ore grandson,
Edward Hunt. Il 600 Edmond VOn tfeeiWcdrn. ne
great grandson, $500; sarah J. Bradford t5iOo,
i-s dcs the ~ the fc>tlfo. house I'm Nor>foNa n.
furniture and silver. william " Earle. ia" income
on 10000 The lemailder 81 thr income. divided
into 80 parts. s 20 p" distributed among f">eny
niece, and u,ph"Ns uuil the death Oi the \>'Yuuir>
of lrt grandson. NAch dis i>on al the Estate VIII
Y.N,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-24

Ad,cu,,iun Of tn c-ilma Ell COTTON crop A.' '''
consumption among the me"u..' Oh '"' "'''" u.s.
h,, yesterday resulted ia a vsgcr IL $500 IS
william Woo,lW ard with !. q. Leach tla' tN Au"ii'Aa
r,u~un.ption lot l901 WO"d moi Ic''h -tONo' h''''
I..,f ,rAsnn the cOnsumltOn WaN .,IOnNN U.--
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-24
THE sAco CLOSED TO NAVIGATION.

RiDprroED Me-. Dec. 23.-Ihe saco Iiyer was closed
e. CATION last night II has remained open longer
than AT aAY 81 isOa for a number OF years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-24
CHRISTMAS Fun on CHANGE.
STOCK BROKERS MAKE UP A BIG PURSE
HE PRODUCE MEN SHAKE SONG OLD bUhs OFF
THEIR CHRISTMAS TRfF.

THEIR CHRISTMAS IRffs
Tho generous dis position OF I'll street DioNfr' was
shown yesterday In fhc amount Of the g'h' ior inc
benefit OF the employees OF the stock EXCHANGE Inc
sum exceeded 10000 althou gh the largest ii"hi III
,revio,, wear, la, b-cn S4.JOO, AMI th' h"hncr ol
employees has been reduced during thc past A'~'
Business has not been good Al tn s'"'E fN'h
and The recent sanitation between mcHp''' ''' p''"'
Merry Christmas NJ year Ire Coils "'' """'
kcc,er. realized the difference in th' absence OF pr
vatc Gifts, While n, amount OF the official c"ntilbu-
Tins ss the largest Ia a., history ii the exchange
In. e,n1loyes complained that thcy had not received
aryihin- approachng the usual IDS. Some OF them
expressed their disappointment In S'rohs ''rnS' ti-
par,n'iy foT the very reason that ih' publ' S"pN''-
ton hal reached m unusual >,'. There was J." COZ
Jraon uf the Christmas holidays that come ohiS o"c
2 wear A solitary piper was carried into th' board
room and h. rcaped rich harvest but his '"h'' hdh
n melancholy air and the diversion was brlcL II
was said that thn chairman failed to fine any one for
the breach OF dccorum
At the Consolidated stock aud Petroleum Exchange
th"rc was ltiic merry nahIts' IN, p"".' " '1 ~
gagged In business In Loh 'h' ial"s, SUI " ,,,i,
flolrum dc partmcnt. Both markets. showed S'Fthhh'
but tina, oi Ill moro nocea,ic ~ we" Oh me
difference In the character of the speculation as con-
pared with that OF last christmas, For IN: cmrioScs
u the Exchange The handsome sum OF 5l'''=' va ralH'"
hv subscriptions After the official close OF business
r. X Cooke. the superintendent. was presented III i
half OF the employees with a handsome par Oh s"in
trimmed eye glasses ana EOId Gun u"i'oh'' 81 I'm
was genuinely asOn.,hcd a. the tfbute 10 ~, popu-
laiy and made vow that ne W"ui" NV w nv ""
wear 10 reduce the friction between himself ana MS
suIordluatcs as much possible. Collector MaEohc
Yesterday signed order closing The custom House
On Monday except between and 10 n. m
All the business Exchanges. except tho lriro'um
and Metal. will b. closed today for IN" 'hiN'md'
HOLIDAYS and remain closed until Tuesday morning
QUAKER CITY BROKERS' MAkFNG MERRf
PHILADELPHIA. Dec % (Sp"ciah.-A' Aprsluis 10 tho
Christmas adjournment all the members OF the Petrs'
leum and stock Exchanges hired II band this mernng
and proceeded 10 have good time CONTEMPORARIES
were thrown aside and all Joined In one great eor 10
make things lively. Ons .emher. armed Win an eN
pandsd esbe rubber tied to the end Of stick amused
himself by baiterins in the headwear OF his
Another made little old apple woman happy ny buying
all her sleek which hs used In throwing at the heads OF
his fellow-msmbers. Flour literally used anu gre
.han one member emerged from the crowd covered
with IL.
Board OF Brokers reserve their fun or the ast DAY
In the year
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-01
"Better than his Party"

The Philadelphia Inquirer declares that
A" there are multitudes of timid, easy-going
people who deprecate political changes and
who are already saying that Mr.. Cleveland
is good enough President for them" If
this statement is intended to apply to repub-
leans, we are confident that it is exagge-
rated. We think that mutitudes " is
altogether too large word to use i'll such
connection. But, at the same time it must
be admitted that there are not few repub-
licans of the less pronounced and agrees
sive Sort the men who take but little inter-
est in politics and whose political demands
are satisfied if only war, famine and pesti-
lence are somehow averted, who express the
mild approval of the democratic president.
1t is very amusing TO talk with men OF this
kind. Their unvarying remark is that Mr..
Cleveland is " better than his party" and
has done better than any other democrat
would have done in his place" This is the
extent of their praise of him. They do not
claim that he has done anything great or
good, or deny that he has done much which
him any special personal excellence, or
assert that he is the superior, or even equal,
of republican president, But they do in
sist that he is entitled to some credit, be-
canse his party is worse than he is. Prop
erly considered, their tribute is not so much
a compliment to him as an expression of
their distrust of his party in general. 1t is
not that Mr.. Cleveland is good but that
democracy is worse. OF course there is
something most absurd in this approval of
the President on the ground that he is not
so bad as somebody else, but it is not to be
denied that it gives him considerable per-
sonal strength among thoughtless and
easy-going people. 1t is political fac
tor of enough Importance to deserve atten-
ton, but when the time comes, it will not,
probably, be found to be very difficult to
overcome its influence, exceptin such minds
as cannot be reached at all, for the opinion
that Mr. Cleveland is better than his
party :" has very little foundation in fact.
He is better than his party in the sense that
he is more cautious and conservative than
the majority of democratic leaders in his
views and treatment of financial questions,
but, aside from this his reputation for being
in advance of his party is due chiefly to his
impressive way of uttering non-partisan
platitudes while he is performing the most
grossly partisan acts, and to the persistent
! efforts of the so-called independent press TO
deceive the public in regard to his official
conduct. The people have been deceived to
some extent, but the deception cannot last.
In point of fact, President Cleaveland is a
representative and intensely partisan demo-
crat. In the great political contest which
will be waged next year the glamor with
which mere words have TO some extent in
vested his administration will be dissipated
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-01
A Waning Organization.

According to the New York San the
Knights of Labor lost 46,076 members
from July l, 1886, TO April /, 1887, in
ten district assemblies, which had, at
the earlier date, 104 ,469 members, and
at the later 81 1893. These assemblies,
one of which is No 1876, just suspended
because it would not give way to the
reckless men who control No. 40, have
lost over two-fifths of their member
ship, and there is no reason to suppose
that the order through the country has
not suffered in like proportion. We
doubt if it has to-day even two-thirds
as many members as it had enrolled be-
fore the strike on Gould's Southwestern
roads just fifteen months ago. In three
great strikes since then and in scores
of lesser struggles it has made mis-
cradle failure. The attempt to put the
world of labor in sling, so to speak,
does not seem thus far to have been an
alarming success. Yet, with modera-
ton, with less perpetual managing and
greater willingness to let local and dis
trict assemblies take care of themselves
the order has field of usefulness be-
fore it great enough to satisfy its most
enthusiastic leaders,"
There is much truth in this view
There is no lack of public sympathy
with the Just aims and methods of
working-men who seek to improve
their condition by an organized move
ment to that end, for the great majority
of the people of this country are wage
workers. Public sentiment is with the
labor movement as long as it keeps
within the bounds of law and reason.
But the trouble with the Knights of
Labor is that they have transcribed
these limitations and alienated public
sympathy and support by unwise meth
DDS and deeds. They have too often
sought to establish illegal restrictions
of personal liberty. They have failed
to respect the right of individuals and
associations to live and work indie,
pendently of the rules and bylaws Of
their own organization. They have
often, by violence or threats of violence
attempted to prevent others from doing
the work they have abandoned. They
have often interposed unreasonable
demands in the course of private bust
ness and attempted to destroy the
business of those who would not ait
their purpose. Much more they hav'
done that is unlawful, unjust ant
offensive. No wonder, then, that thu
organization is rapidly declining il
numbers and influence. There is NJ
good reason why labor organization
should not aim to elevate their mem
bership and improve their condition
morally and Intellectually, as we'll a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-01
The Home Market.

The opponents of the tariff profess to
believe that it is of no advantage to
the farmers of this country. The pro-
tectionist view is that the home market
is more profitable for farmers than a
foreign one, and that the certain growth
of our industries, under the fostering
influence of the tariff, is gradually
building up in every city, village and
town establishments whose employees
are consumers of the products of the
farm and whose trade pays better than
that of foreign countries. On this
point we have recently had unexpected
testimony from Mr. j. r. Dodge, the
statistician of the department of agricul-
ture, who, in an article discussing the
debts of farmers in the several states,
refers to the farmers of Pennsylvania
as follows: "The Indebtedness of the
farmers of Pennsylvania, it is believed,
has decreased as compared with ten
years ago. 1t is estimated that not
more than fifteen per cent of the farms,
are mortgaged. The average interest
rate is about five per cent. Many farm
ers have property in other branches of
business, and farmers themselves hold
in part the Indebtedness of other farm
ers. With an average value of farms,
according to the last census, of almost
$50 per acre-nearly 81 ZOO, 000,0 900, or
about one-tenth of the farm valuation
of the United States-owned mainly by
the farmers cultivating them and yield
ing product worth S431 for each per-
son engaged, either as farmer or la
borer, in agriculture, the agricultural
interests in Pennsylvania may be said
to be prosperous, even in the present
era of low prices. OF course there are
some who will occupy positions of
hardship and difficulty. The source of
this prosperity is found in the local
markets of the state. 1t is probable
that no other state is more nearly self
supporting, and perhaps none that de-
ponds on other states or other countries
so little either in buying or selling
products of agriculture" The great
manufacturing industries of Pennsyl-
vania are the real motive power in
maintaining this prosperity. If our
protective policy should be steadfastly
maintained for sufficient time there
may be people now living who will see
this country wholly independent of a
foreign market for our products.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-01
The Truth About 1t.

The democratic papers are claiming,
with an appearance of eXultation, that
the business of the country has pros
pered under democratic administra-
ton. The Troy Times, noticing the
frequency of such statements, well
says: "Such comments might fairly be
construed as indicating surprise that
even partial control of the government
by democrats has not resulted in a
general cataclysm destructive to ma
tional prosperity and private business
interests. Something of that sort
might, indeed, have occurred if de-
mocracy had been powerful enough in
congress to dictate affirmative action
on the part of that body. Either of the
Morrison tariff bills, for example, if
enacted into law would unquestionably
have exercised most deleterious influ-
ence upon productive industry through
out the United States by stimulating
importations and so Cutting our mar
kets with foreign-made goods as to Sc
riously depress the demand for labor
and rates of wages. These measures
were purely democratic in their incep-
ton and the support they received, and
it is notorious fact that they were
earnestly backed by the executive.
Fortunately there was sufficient
leavening of wisdom and republican
patriotism in congress to prevent either
of them from passing, and thus the ma
ton was saved from series of grave
calamities in spite of President Cleve
land and his democratic advisers. The
revival of confidence which seems
likely to develop period of substantial
prosperity is due entirely to republican
foresight and prudence in the establish
ment of conditions favorable to bust
ness enterprise, which the democratic
administration has not, thus far, been
able to destroy"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-01

fact that they are men of command
ing ability and entirely available, there
is little question that they could secure
the electoral vote of their respect
i've states-Indiana and Connecticut
which were carried for Cleveland in
1884. If the republican presidential
candidate should be taken from the
West we think that on some accounts
Senator Harrison would prove
stronger man than either Sherman or
Allison, and the republicans would
make no mistake in nominating either
Hawley of Connecticut or Hiscock of
New York for the vice-presidency OF
course General GrOut, in common with
all loyal republicans, will cordially sup
port the ticket that is nominated, even
if it should not be in accord with his
personal preference.
If the right sort of man is selected by
the republicans there is no reason in the
world why that man should not draw the
independent vote, the vote of nearly the
whole mugwump party, which was cast for
Mr.. Cleveland in the last presidential cleo
ton, and without which vote the republican
party cannot succed.-Ne,g York Independent
(ydriegdted politics..
The above is awful bosh. The great
bulk of the Independent - vote has
already been pledged to Mr.. Cleveland
by DR.. Everett, Haper'S Weekly,
Evening Post, Boston Herald and other
prominent opponents of mugwumpery.
Attempts to conciliate the /" independ-
ents " are utterly useless; they will not
vote for any strong protectionist like
Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Sherman or Mr.. ALI
son and none other will be nominated
by the republicans. AS to the re-
publicans not being able to succeed
without the help of the independ-
ents that is absurd. Why, they
came within about $50 votes of elect
ing Mr.. Blaine in 1884, though the
Independents =" were then fighting
the republican party under cover.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-01
The Presidents Ride Through
Vermont.
Especial dispatch to the Boston journal. ]

Especial dispatch to the Boston Journal
The presidential party entered Vermont
at North Bennington at six o'clock Friday
morning and left the state at Alburgh about
noon, en- route to the Adirondacks Presi-
dent Cleveland was accorded hearty re-
ception by the people along the line of the
Bennington & Rutland and Central Yer
mont railroads, republicans as well as
democrats availing themselves of the oppor-
tunity to welcome the chief magistrate
Colonel Bradley b. Smaley, collector of
customs at Burlington, made the trip with
the presidential party through Vermont,
and Mr.. Hiram Atkins, chairman of the
democratic state committee, joined the
party by invitation at Essex Junction.
Large crowds of people were assembled
at Manchester, Rutland, Brandon, Mid
dlebury, Vergennes, Charlotte, Burling-
ton and st. Adams to see President and
Mrs. Cleveland Flags were displayed at
various stations in honor of the President
AT Burlington nearly one thousand people
assembled at the station and Mrs. Cleve-
land was presented with an elegant basket
of flowers by the students of the University
of Vermont, which was gracefully acknowl-
edged. AT st. Albans-the Headquarters
of the Central Vermont extraordinarily
fifteen hundred people turned out to see the
President including the children of the
public schools, who were given recess for
the occasion there as well as elsewhere
along the line. The President and Mrs.
Cleveland, in response to loud calls from
the assembled crowds, stepped out upon
the rear platform of the last car and bowed
their acknowledgements. The President
also shook hands with many persons. Loud
cheers were given for both the President
and his wife, and beautiful bouquets were
presented to them. President Cleveland
expressed himself as much delighted with
the scenery of western Vermont and as
pleased with his reception by the people.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-01

Boston Journal, of which he was the
Washington correspondent for thirty
years. He also compiled for many
years, as clerk of printing records, the
Congressional Directory. Latterly Ma
ior Poore has embodied his recollec-
tons of half a century of Washington
life in two volumes of " Perley's Rem
iniscences." He had met in social and
professional relations nearly all the
great men at Washington during the
past half century. The list of his
friends is an illustrious one-John
Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Mar
tin Van Buren,, William Henry Har-
rison, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay,
John C. Calhoun, Franklin Pierce,
Zachary Taylor, Willard Fillmore,
James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln,
U. S. Grant, James A. Garfield, James
G. Blaine and many others. Major
Poore was of convivial disposition, a
lover of social entertainments and had
an inexhaustible fund of anecdote and
Renaissance. He won more than
local notoriety by his peculiar wager,
during the Fremont-Buchanan cam
paign, made with Colonel Robert L.
Burbank, now and for several years
past Judge of the South Boston mu-
nicipal court. In fulfilling the bet the
major wheeled barrel of apples from
West Newbury to Boston. The only
family he leaves is wife, two sisters
and grandchild.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-01

and he will be judged by what he has done
and not by what he has said, by facts and
not by fancies, by acts and not by pretences
When this is done, as it is sure to be,
good many. people will be very greatly sur
have not paused TO think, and who have
consequently formed rather favorable
opinion of the President, will be astonished
to find how little there has been in his adj
ministraton which even the most indiifer-
ent republican can approve. When he is
judged by the record which he has made it
will be found that there is very slight basis
for the opinion that he is better than his
party. "--New Hampshire Statesman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-01

THERE does not now appear to be a
clear understanding in the interstate
railroad commission as to the manner
as to which the short and long-haul
clause is to be ultimately construed.
For instance as to the curious medley
in the law in which the phrase under
similar circumstances " occurs, one of
the commissioners has said: "There
does not seem to be anything to find
out about it, for it does not appear to
mean anything. Cullom represented
one view, Reagan an entirely different
view. The two were determined that
there should be a bill of some sort in
the last congress. They put together
the phrases which were supposed to
represent their different ideas. These
joined phrases contain the important
portion of the present law. What does
the clause mean? don't know. What
did the trainers of it mean? They don't
know. Cullom, since the bill has be-
come law, says that the collection of
words means one thing. Reagan says
that the same jingle means another
thing, and the two definitions are not
to be reconciled. The courts will ulti-
mately give them some construction
but they will have to guess at what il
means. There is no meaning in the
words. They represent compromise
to secure the passage of bill, and have
no further meaning"